Bat bugs (Cimex pipistrelli) and their impact on non-dw elling bats

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F12%3A00057400" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/12:00057400 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-012-2957-z" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-012-2957-z</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-012-2957-z" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00436-012-2957-z</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Bat bugs (Cimex pipistrelli) and their impact on non-dw elling bats

Original language description

Bat bugs are often roost ectoparasites of bats. Previous studies have shown that bats shifting roosts within the growing season prevent the massive reproduction of these parasites. We postulated that there could be other antiparasitic strategies of philopatric bats roosting in non-dwelling spacious roosts. Unfortunately, there are no studies devoted to such a topic. For three years, two attics infested by bat bugs (Cimex pipistrelli) with breeding females of Myotis myotis were monitored. From April, after the arrival of the bats, to November, abundance of all instars and adult bugs was sampled in the attics by adhesive traps. All traps were renewed in each check and bat bugs were identified under the microscope. We found different patterns in the bug abundances and dynamics in the two attics. High densities of bat bugs induced highly pregnant females to move from the infested site of the attic to the non-infested one.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GP206%2F07%2FP098" target="_blank" >GP206/07/P098: Parasitation by bed bugs (Cimicidae): a possible cause of roost switching by bats</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Publication year

2012

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Parasitology Research

ISSN

0932-0113

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

111

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

1233-1238

UT code for WoS article

000308112300032

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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